| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Why Movie Streaming Sites So Fail to Satisfy | | | A team of web designers recently released an astonishingly innovative app for streaming movies online. The program, Popcorn Time, worked a bit like Netflix, except it had one unusual, killer feature. It was full of movies you'd want to watch. Except it was illegal. (New York Times)
Why This Is Important: How can Netflix have 500 movies and still never anything worth watching? Blame "windowing" — the practice of staggering movie releases through different outlets. It takes five to seven years before these exclusivity restrictions expire.
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| | #2 | Apple Patents A Surface-Like Touch Keyboard Smart Cover With A Trackpad Twist
| | | Apple has a new patent for an iPad accessory (via Patently Apple) that incorporates keyboard features into the design of a new smart cover. The touch-based cover resembles the one Microsoft's Surface uses for input, but it has a unique twist which is the basis for the patent – multi-touch gesture support that turns the whole cover into a trackpad, rather than limiting that to a dedicated space like that found on the Surface version. (TechCrunch)
Why This Is Important: Third-party accessory makers won't be pleased with this news, but it's unlikely to slow down their efforts. After an initial panic when the first Smart Case was unveiled, case manufacturers found that consumers still preferred to purchase non-Apple accessories for their iPad.
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| | #3 | Consortium Wants Standards for 'Internet of Things'
| | | Attention: Internet of Things. For better or worse, big boys are in the room. (New York Times)
Why This Is Important: Forget the Wild West on innovation. The group wants to create uniform standards for interoperability — the key to getting the IOT off the ground quickly and smoothly. |
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"People often ask us, 'Why can't you charge me $20 to give me everything I want?' The answer is, at $20 you still wouldn't get everything you want — and we'd lose half our customers." -- Jonathan Friedland, Netflix's chief spokesman.
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Method To The Madness: Using Tech To Watch The Big Dance
By Kelsey Pommer
Whether your bracket is already busted or your alma mater is projected to win the big dance, you can't help but get sucked into what is arguably one of the most exciting times of the year in the sports world. As we get ready to watch our favorite teams in the Sweet 16, check out these three graphics that give us a little insight into how sports and technology interact. More » |
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